Curtain, drapery, and the like



July 24,v 1923- I mssms E. H. FLAGG CURTAIN, DRAPER Y, AND THE LIKE Filed April 1, 1922 I ii; i =7 I ;QQ a

Patented July 24, I923.

EDIVIN I-I. FLAGG, DE LOS ANG-ELES, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN, DRAPERY, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 1, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN FLAGG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtains, Draperies, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to an improved curtain of the type used for stages, show windows, doors, and the like, and still more particularly to the special kind of material used and manner of coloring and decorating the same.

The material used is known as terry cloth, or a fabric in which the loops have not been cut, but which project from the opposite sides of the fabric, although if they project from one side only it is suilicient for'my improved curtain or drapery.

My improved curtain is prepared by dyeing the material in the color desired and then applying thereto a decorative matter which is applied to the loops projecting from the side of the fabric, whereby the body of the material is the back ground and the decorative matter is carried by the loops. A most attractive decorative matter is bronze of gold or silver color and when applied to the loops as they stand out on the fabric, gives a very pleasing effect. I

After the material has been colored, or before, if the natural material should be used, other colors can be applied in design by means of the air gun and a stencil, thus producing a soft flexible curtain, with different patterns in different colors, and with the decorative bronze applied thereto in the manner above indicated.

In order to more clearly explain my in vention, I have illustrated the same on the accompanying sheet of drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a face view of the natural terry cloth;

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof;

Figure 3 is a face view of the material after it has been colored, the shade lines indicating purple, with the decorative bronze applied to the loops;

Figure I is an edge or sectional view thereof;

Figure 5 is a face view of the material with colored areas, which may be in any desired forms, the coloring matter being shot on with an air gun, with stencil, and the Serial No. 548,872.

decorative bronze applied to the loops, as wiiCzlh brush moved lightly over the same; an

Figure 6 is a sectional View thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the fabric body is designated 1, and the loops are designated 2. In Fig. 1 the material is shown in its natural condition, or as it is manufactured, usually white. In Figure 3 the shade lines indicate that the who-1e body of the fabric has been colored purple, while the-clots, 3, on the loops indi-' cate the decorative matter, such as gold or silver bronze. This applied to the fabric by means of a brush moved lightly over the same so as to apply it to the loops without pressing it into the body of the fabric. It may be lightly applied, or more heavily ap plied as desired. The effect is that this decorative feature stands out away from the body of the fabric, while the rich color of the fabric body give a beautiful background.

In Figures 5 and 6 the slanting shade lines indicate the application of colors in different areas and this color is applied by the use of a stencil and an air gun, whereby the color can be applied without pressing the material and matting it, as is done when liquid or other matter is applied with a brush pressed into the material. By using the air gun, the liquid coloring can be applied largely to the loops. The colored patterns are designated 4. It is difficult to show in a drawing just the nature. or number of loops formed in a given area of the fabric, but for the purposes of illustration and explanation, the loops are thought to be sufiiciently shown in the sectional views, and while I have shown and described only simple forms of the invention, it will be understood that the spirit of the invention can be embodied in more elaborate patterns and more extensively decorated fabrics of the character referred to, and I do not limit my invention to the showing made, except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. A curtain or the like made of a body fabric having short projecting strands standing at substantially right angles to the plane of said body, in close relationship to each other, said body being colored and decorated in figures inwardly of said projecting strands, and the outer ends of said projecting strands being provided With an adhering bronze-llke matter for decorative purposes.

5 described comprising terry cloth decoratively colored as to the body and loops proapplied only to the tip ends of the projecting 10 loops, substantially as illustrated.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 3 21st day of March, 1922. 1

EDWIN H. F'IJAGG.

2. A curtain of the character shown and jecting therefrom, With decorative figures \Vitnesses: in color on the body to be seen back of the E. R. BONNEVILLE, projectlng loops, and a decorative matter FRED WEISS. 

